Michigan Considers Its $4 Billion Yearly Gap in Infrastructure Spending

Route Fifty: Closing Michigan’s infrastructure investment gap would require about $4 billion in additional annual spending over the coming two decades.

That's according to a report presented Monday by a special commission Gov. Rick Snyder formed earlier this year. Michigan’s 21st Century Infrastructure Commission included over 100 recommendations in the report meant to improve the state’s water, transportation, energy and communications systems.

The report recommends reassessments and shifts in how infrastructure is managed, planned and funded, while also calling for the integration of new technologies.

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